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Why Are MN Lawmakers Telling Gov. Dayton to Keep His Word?

Republican lawmakers are calling on Democratic Governor Mark Dayton to call a special session and keep his word not to hold the bipartisan tax...

Will Universal Pre-K be on Special Session Agenda?

Governor Mark Dayton and Lt. Governor Tina Smith were joined today by Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius to announce that beginning this fall, 3,302 four-year-olds...

State Leaders Meeting Thursday to Discuss Special Session

St. Paul, MN- Update: Governor Dayton said he will not call a special session. Dayton says legislative leaders remain at an "impasse." Today Governor Mark...

Blame-Game Begins After No Special Session Announcement

St. Paul- Governor Dayton said Thursday there will be no special legislative session in 2016 and that he and legislative leaders are at “an impasse”...

To Be or Not to Be: Public Discusses Fate of SWLRT

St. Paul, MN - On Thursday Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) met with business leaders, community members and lawmakers to discuss alternative funding options for...

Dayton Calls for Tolerance in Wake of St Cloud Stabbings; Less Than a Year...

St. Paul, MN - Reactions are flooding in after after a man stabbed nine people at a St. Cloud mall before being shot and...

Dayton Rewards Employees Who Resigned With Almost $80,000 in Taxpayer Money

St. Paul, MN - A story released Tuesday by APM Reports, a nonpartisan investigative news website, shows Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) authorized nearly...

Tax Report Ranks Minnesota in Bottom Five States

St. Paul, MN - A new report released by the Tax Foundation Wednesday shows that Minnesota ranks almost last in the country for fostering...

Dayton Appoints BLM Member to Police-Community Council

St. Paul, MN - On Wednesday Governor Mark Dayton (DFL) issued an executive order to form the “Council on Law Enforcement and Community Relations.”...

Dayton Blames MNSure Issues on Robocallers

SAINT PAUL, MN November 1, 2016  The first day of MNSure enrollment was marred by issues - long wait times and people being unable...

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